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Charles Bourne fonds
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9.72 m of textual records
4 maps
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Charles Beresford Bourne was born in Barbados in 1921. He married Barbara (daughter of Glenville and Dorothy Farmer) on 20 August 1949. The Bournes have three children: Frances, Peter, and Angela. Charles Bourne received post-secondary degrees from the University of Toronto (BA 1945) and St. John's College, Cambridge (LLM, 1947), and the University of Toronto (SJD 1970). He was called to the Bars of Middle Temple (1947), Barbados (1949), and British Columbia (1957). He began his academic career at the University of Saskatchewan in the College of Law in 1947. He remained there until 1950 when he accepted a position at the University of British Columbia, an associate professor from 1950-1957, and then a full professor. Bourne served as Academic-in-Residence of the legal Bureau Department of External Affairs, Ottawa (1971-72), Honorary Solicitor and member of the Board of Governors for Vancouver School of Theology (1971-80) and Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Yearbook of International Law (1962-92). He also served as president of the Canadian British International Law Association (1961-64) and the Canadian Council of International Law (1978-80). Bourne was a member of the UBC Senate and served as an advisor to the President with responsibility for relations between the University and the Faculty Association (1975-1986). Bourne specialized in administrative, constitutional, and international law, emphasizing international drainage basins and environmental protection. He retired from UBC in 1986.
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The fonds consists of records that Bourne made, received, and collected during his student and professional careers. The records document his interests in and involvements with academia, law, and law associations at the institutional, provincial, national, and international levels. The fonds includes correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, published and pre-published material, manuscripts, reviews, grant documentation, maps, and notes. The fonds is composed of the following series: 1. Biographical; 2. Personal correspondence; 3. Canadian Bar Association - Committee on Constitutional Law; 4. University of British Columbia; 5. United Nations Association; 6. Canadian Institute of International Affairs; 7. International Law Association; 8. Academic Board of British Columbia; 9. Canadian Yearbook of International Law; 10. Canada Council; 11. Subject files; 12. Class notes / Lecture notes; 13. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
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Order of the third accrual (2003) has been imposed by the archivist.
Square brackets, such as [1 of 2] and [2 of 2], are used to indicate that one of Bourne's files has been divided into multiple files for storage and conservation reasons.
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Access to some records in the fonds is restricted in order to protect the personal privacy of individuals named in the documents. Please consult the series descriptions, the file list, and the archivist for further details.
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- Canadian Institute of International Affairs (Subject)
- International Law Association (Subject)
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Revised June 2020